The History of the Candle Snuffer
Posted by Hampshire Pewter on 10/31/2014 to
Did you know that the bell-shaped cone at the end of a long
handle that you use to put out your candles isn’t really a snuffer?
Colloquially, we refer to anything that puts out candles now as a snuffer, but
in fact the tool we know as a snuffer is actually an “extinguisher” or candle “douter.”
What Does Columbus Mean to the New World?
Posted by Hampshire Pewter on 10/17/2014 to
“In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” The reason the holiday is called Columbus Day is because he was the captain on one of the ships – the Santa Maria – and technically the first person to set foot on the New World and claimed it for the global superpower then, the Spain.
The Historical Uses of Pewter
Posted by Hampshire Pewter on 10/7/2014 to
Pewter was first used around the beginning of the Bronze Age in the Near East. The earliest piece of pewter found is from an Egyptian tomb from 1450 BC. Pewter was used in the ancient world by the Egyptians and later the Romans, and came into extensive use in Europe from the Middle Ages until the various developments in pottery and glass-making during the 18th and 19th centuries.